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Local News Snapshots From Pella and Des Moines Visitors
Local items include visits by Mr and Mrs Theo LeCocq and Mrs F Lankelma plus Mrs A W De Bruyn in Des Moines. A letter from Harry De Cook notes his return to the University of Illinois as an instructor in corrective gymnastics. About 11 000 students registered there this fall. Pumpkins near harvest for Pella cannery with big pumpkin floods noted. Carload salt and Armour’s Meatmeal tankage coming soon. Mizpah Circle met at Mrs Herman Veenstra’s home. Everready batteries available at Byers Battery and Electric Co. J M Kempkes house sold to A Buwaida after a prior report. Mrs Eller of Des Moines visiting in Pella. Salt and smoke your meat with Genuine Old Hickory Smoked salt from Farmers Co op Exchange.
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Illinois
Car of Armour
Farmers Co-op Exchange
Mizpah Circle
the Second Reformed Church
Herman Veenstra
Byers Battery & Electric Co